Virendra sharma

Railways Sports Promotion Board: Tamil Nadu’s Girish defeated Sumer Mago of Maharashtra 4-2 in the men’s 6-Red snooker qualifying of the 90th National Billiards & Snooker Championships at the Nehru Indoor Stadium here on Sunday.

Local star Girish, who represents the Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB), got the better of Mago 44-41, 21-37, 51-12, 35-55, 42-01, 41-16 in the qualifying match.

Elsewhere, Parthiba Rajendran, the reigning Tamil Nadu 15-Red snooker champion, defeated Puran Kun of Puducherry 4-0, while his state-mate Syed Sikkander edged out Delhi’s Vishnu Prakash 4-3.